Staff Software Engineer - MetaMask (Money Movement)
TLDR
Senior technical leader building scalable fiat-to-crypto and money movement infrastructure powering a leading Web3 wallet.
- Lead the technical direction and system design for fiat-to-crypto and money movement infrastructure, ensuring scalable, secure, and high-performance user flows.
- Architect and build backend and full-stack systems integrating with third-party payment providers and financial infrastructure APIs.
- Own key architectural decisions impacting revenue-generating payment flows across MetaMask’s ecosystem.
- Guide and mentor junior and mid-level engineers across backend, frontend, mobile, and desktop development tracks.
- Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, analysts, and engineering teams to deliver cross-platform features.
- Ensure system reliability through strong observability, monitoring, testing, and incident response practices.
- Maintain high engineering standards through code reviews, design discussions, documentation, and best practices enforcement.
- Partner with mobile and extension platform teams to ensure consistent, unified money movement experiences across devices.
- Drive performance, security, and edge-case handling across complex financial transaction systems.
- 5+ years of full-stack or backend engineering experience, with prior experience in a senior or Staff-level technical role.
- Strong expertise in TypeScript, Node.js, and modern web or cross-platform technologies (including mobile frameworks such as React Native).
- Proven experience designing and scaling distributed systems, ideally involving financial transactions or payments infrastructure.
- Experience integrating third-party APIs and working with fintech, payments, or financial services systems.
- Strong track record of technical leadership, architectural ownership, and cross-team collaboration.
- Deep understanding of system reliability, security considerations, and failure modes in production systems.
- Experience mentoring engineers and driving execution across multiple workstreams.
- Strong communication skills in remote-first, globally distributed teams.
- Commitment to clean code, testing practices, and maintainable system design.
- Familiarity with Web3 concepts such as wallets, DeFi, or fiat on/off-ramp systems is a strong plus.
- Competitive compensation within a US base salary range of $146,000–$218,000 (excluding bonus and equity)
- Equity participation and performance-based incentives
- Fully remote, global-first working environment
- Comprehensive healthcare coverage and wellness support
- Flexible time off and strong work-life balance culture
- Opportunity to work on high-scale Web3 infrastructure used by tens of millions of users
- Career growth in a cutting-edge blockchain and fintech ecosystem
- Collaborative, mission-driven engineering culture with high autonomy and ownership.
Requirements
Benefits
Benefits
Equity Compensation
Equity participation and performance-based incentives
Health Insurance
Comprehensive healthcare coverage and wellness support
Engineering culture and autonomy
Collaborative, mission-driven engineering culture with high autonomy and ownership
Paid Time Off
Flexible time off and strong work-life balance culture
Remote-Friendly
Fully remote, global-first working environment
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- Founded
- Founded 2020
- Employees
- 11-50 employees
- Industry
- Professional Services